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Free At Last

Target: Charles Clarke, RtHon, Home Security
Sponsor: Cassandra Michael, American Rights Association
  • Signatures: 80
  • Goal: 15,000
  • Deadline: 4-6-2007
The UK government detains more than 2,000 children, including babies, in immigration detention centres every year. Ask the Home Security Dept. to stop this insanity.

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Number Date Prefix Name City State Country Tell the Home Security Dept. why they need to change their tactics.
80 8:29 pm PDT, Mar 31   Jenny Vegan United States   United States Minor Outlying Islands  
79 6:15 am PDT, Mar 26   Liz Sands Nottingham   United Kingdom  
78 2:38 am PDT, Mar 26   William Harper Athens Georgia United States  
77 9:33 am PDT, Mar 23   daniella roozenburg Amsterdam   Netherlands  
76 7:15 am PDT, Mar 23 Ms. Sarah Panullo Waymart Pennsylvania United States  
75 11:53 am PDT, Mar 22 Mrs. Cher Isbell San Antonio Texas United States  
74 7:33 am PDT, Mar 22   Jaylena Greenfield Ashland Ohio United States  
73 7:02 am PDT, Mar 22 Mrs. Virginia Schwartman Norfolk Virginia United States  
72 6:40 am PDT, Mar 22   Art Deco Kennebunk Maine United States  
71 2:41 am PDT, Mar 22   Maria Vasquez San Francisco California United States  
70 12:27 am PDT, Mar 22 Ms. Black Tiger Petersen Vancouver   Canada  
69 8:04 pm PDT, Mar 21 Mrs. JOCELYNE ANNIE Saint-augustin De Desmaures-   Canada  
68 5:12 pm PDT, Mar 21 Mrs. Darlene Davis Garden City Michigan United States  
67 3:03 pm PST, Feb 16   Anton Oscar Iorga Regina   Canada  
66 3:49 pm PST, Jan 1   Simos Tarabatzis Kavala   Greece  
65 10:25 am PST, Dec 26   RALPH Wirth Stuttgart   Germany  
63 10:57 am PST, Feb 19 Mr. Tsike-Sossah Eyram Simon Cape Coast   Ghana  
62 4:07 pm PST, Feb 11   JAMIE BANKS Edinburgh   New Caledonia Why is it Scotland is not recognised in any computer choosing your country information menus do they not have the right to a independent say is the scottish parliment just then a practicle joke of more co-orparte greed are scottish children just refugees ???? prisoner on the own homelands no havin the right to declair thenselfs skin colour obviously doesnt matter in rasism surley when you look at England first slaves white irish welsh and scottish people Africa has been supported to long they cnt help them selfs we dont have gorrila war in briton anymore give us the right to declair its no fair you obvious dont care using our jenerous kind nature to make us the fools scotland etc are also enslaved but with western cotton wool over media and international unions eyes enough said good bye
61 11:14 am PST, Feb 3   Christine Iadeluca Ballston Spa New York United States  
60 4:24 pm PST, Jan 18   Elizabeth Kanze Cambridge Massachusetts United States  
59 2:29 pm PST, Dec 27   lynn gannon Bedford New Hampshire United States  
58 9:07 am PST, Dec 27   Jessica-Dawn Drouin Sudbury   Canada  
57 11:24 am PST, Dec 22   Danille Baptista Birmingham Alabama United States  
56 4:56 pm PST, Dec 20 Mrs. Irene Carlsen Arendal   Norway  
55 2:53 pm PST, Dec 11   Joshua Jordan Indianapolis Indiana United States  
54 1:20 am PST, Dec 9   Terje Reite Oslo   Norway  
53 7:39 am PST, Dec 6   Jennifer Megeney Saint John   Canada  
52 6:00 am PST, Nov 15 Mrs. Marie Sekund Vanersborg   Sweden  
51 2:02 am PDT, Oct 16 Mr. Muhammad Ali Cheverly Maryland United States May ALLAH's Justice be done! All praise is due to ALLAH, The Judge and The Just! Peace be unto you!
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Free At Last

The UK government currently detains more than 2,000 children, including babies, in immigration detention centres every year. That's equivalent to the number of pupils at a large inner-city secondary school.

These children have not committed any crime but are held behind locked doors and high barbed wire fences. Five years ago it was rare for families and children to be detained for immigration purposes. Now, members of the No Place for a Child coalition have documented detentions lasting anything from 7 to 268 days.

Detaining these children is wrong - regardless of the merits of a family’s asylum case.

Push the Home Secretary to stop detaining children now and to trial better alternatives.


  • Children can be held for long periods of time. One child was held for 268 days.
  • Children feel that they are being punished and do not understand why. Many are left traumatised by the experience with a negative impact on their health, well-being and education.
  • Detention can be particularly traumatic for families who have already fled from conflict and torture in their own country to seek safety in the UK.
  • The UK government’s use of detention for children and families is in contravention of international human rights standards.


    • Detention is like a cage, and I was like a small bird with no food in it. I wished I could fly…

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